All Executive changes articles – Page 89
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Rebecaa Blair, who has worked for John Varvatos, Juicy Couture,...
Rebecaa Blair, who has worked for John Varvatos, Juicy Couture, Sergio Rossi, Betsy Johnson and Tory Burch, has been hired by Schwartz & Benjamin as president of its Diane von Fürstenberg footwear division
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Joe Filipas, who has worked for Hi-Tec Sports, Columbia and...
Joe Filipas, who has worked for Hi-Tec Sports, Columbia and Sorel, has joined Wolverine World Wide as senior footwear developer for its newly acquired Chaco brand
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Red Wing Shoe Company opened a European head office in...
Red Wing Shoe Company opened a European head office in Amsterdam at the start of July. The American group has been trading in the Netherlands and in other European countries for the last 10 years, but its rapid growth in the last five years called for an expanded European team ...
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Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe...
Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe collections in Portugal and Slovakia. Before, Crocs had been selling its product line in these countries by means of a distributor. At the moment, Crocs manages the distribution of its products directly in altogether 15 countries. In the future, the ...
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Paul Gomez, the senior vice president for global events and...
Paul Gomez, the senior vice president for global events and brand entertainment at Hurley, is the new chief executive of Podium Distribution, owner of DVS shoes, Matix apparel and Diamond Footwear
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The German shoe industry federation, HDS, has unanimously re-elected Ralph...
The German shoe industry federation, HDS, has unanimously re-elected Ralph Rieker of Ricosta as its chairman. Two older executives, Wilhelm Möhlmann of Marc Shoes and Hans-Joachim Wolter of Waldi-Schuhfabrik (Finncomfort), are leaving the executive board, and Ralph Wolter, son of Hans-Joachim, is joining it. Norbert Furche, the longtime manager of ...
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Jon Paul Grogan has been named sales executive for Babycham...
Jon Paul Grogan has been named sales executive for Babycham in the U.K., selling the footwear brand to key accounts. He will continue as well in his sales position at Jacobson Group for Gola Classics footwear and bags.
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Effective Monday, Paul Blum will be the new chief executive...
Effective Monday, Paul Blum will be the new chief executive at Kenneth Cole Productions. He will join the board of directors and will report to Kenneth Cole, who stays on as chairman and chief creative officer. Blum returned to the company last March, when he was brought on board as ...
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Michele Zonno has left as chief executive of Bruno Magli....
Michele Zonno has left as chief executive of Bruno Magli. He has been replaced by Armin Müller. Nothing could be learned about the circumstances of the change of management. At last report, Fortelus Capital Management, the London-based hedge fund that took over the Italian shoe company from Opera in 2006, ...
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Erich Rohde has made some changes in management recently. Mirko...
Erich Rohde has made some changes in management recently. Mirko Ostendörfer, the former executive of Marc Shoes who has been developing Rohde's licensed line of Daniel Hechter shoes, is now sales director of both Rohde and Hechter for all the German-speaking countries. Andreas Schulz is in charge of the group's ...
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Enrico Pesallaccia is leaving as the manager of Sixty Group's...
Enrico Pesallaccia is leaving as the manager of Sixty Group's footwear division, which he set up ten years ago, after pushing its sales to an annual level of 1.6 million pairs, with revenues of €60 million. The division handles the brands Miss Sixty, Energie, Killah and Murphy & Nye. New ...
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Albert Scherer is resigning as real estate manager of the...
Albert Scherer is resigning as real estate manager of the Hamm Reno Group and leaving the company, for which he worked for 20 years. He will continue as president of the German Council of Shopping Centers. Scherer's responsibilities at HRG will be taken over by Jens Gransee, sales manager of ...
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Geox has appointed Giorgio Presca to the new position of...
Geox has appointed Giorgio Presca to the new position of general manager in charge of marketing and product development. He worked most recently as chief executive of Citizens of Humanity, a high-end denim jeans company in California. The Italian manager worked previously for Diesel, Levi Strauss & Co., Benetton Group ...
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Pierre Bouissou, former chief executive of Berluti, is switching to...
Pierre Bouissou, former chief executive of Berluti, is switching to PPR to become president and CEO of Boucheron, the high-end French jeweler, in the place of Jean-Christophe Bedos
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Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and...
Bruno Magli has a new designer for its handbags and leathergoods. She is Natalia Brilli, an Italo-Belgian designer who graduated from the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris who has already worked for several international brands and started a line under her own name in 2004. She will report ...
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Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible...
Claus Lenzmann, a top executive of Deichmann's Roland chain responsible for purchasing, has left the company by mutual consent
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A new president is due to be elected at the...
A new president is due to be elected at the annual meeting of Anci, the Italian shoe industry association, next Thursday. For the moment, the only two candidates are Antonio Brotini from Tuscany and Cleto Sagripanti from the Marche region. Brotini, who led Anci successfully from 1999 to 2003, runs ...
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Kavat is now selling its ecological shoes product range in...
Kavat is now selling its ecological shoes product range in Australia. The shoes are sold in the Birkenstock by Nature chain in Sydney. The Kavat Eco range is the first shoe product range in Europe to carry the European Union Environmental Accreditation symbol.
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KangaROOS will be sold online exclusively by Zappos.com in the...
KangaROOS will be sold online exclusively by Zappos.com in the U.S.
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Gaetano Micciché, a general manager of Intesa Sanpaolo, has joined...
Gaetano Micciché, a general manager of Intesa Sanpaolo, has joined the board of directors of Prada, replacing Marco Cerrina Feroni. Intesa owns a 5 percent stake in Prada.
